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CDEX Board of Directors
Dr. B. D. Liaw, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board, came to CDEX in October 2001 after a career in nuclear energy, having served for more than 20 years (1974-1995) at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and its predecessor agency, the Atomic Energy Commission. There Dr. Liaw, as the technical assistant to the NRC Chairman, played an important part of the technical rulemaking actions that followed the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant accident, and helped set a new regulatory direction for the Commission that restored public confidence in nuclear energy in the United States. He has also been heavily involved in other critical rulemakings, such as that related to the high-level nuclear waste repository and low-level waste management. Dr. Liaw managed the NRC's regulatory oversight of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) nuclear program, and was instrumental in bringing TVA's nuclear program back to full regulatory compliance. At the NRC, he was responsible for the engineering aspects of licensing reviews of the advanced reactor systems of the GE and Combustion Engineering designs, and the U.S. Navy's Seawolf nuclear submarine program. Dr. Liaw assisted in implementing nuclear safety regulatory programs in mainland China and Taiwan. He served as an advisor to the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Industrial Technology Research Institute, and The Taiwan Power Company (1995 to 2002). While in Taiwan, he also served as an Executive Member of the Board of Directors of the Taiwan Power Company, 1996-2001. Dr. Liaw holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics and an M.S. in Structural Engineering from Oklahoma State University, and an associate degree in Civil Engineering from the Taipei Institute of Technology.
Mr. George E. Dials, Director, joined the CDEX Board in July 2001. In February 2006, BWX Technologies named George Dials president and general manager of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, TN. Mr. Dials has spent nearly 30 years in the energy and nuclear industries, most recently serving as president and COO of a private hazardous waste disposal facility. Previously, he served as the president and general manager for TRW Environmental Safety Systems management and operations of the Yucca Mountain Project. His career has also included leadership positions with ICF Kaiser International, and the Department of Energy’s Carlsbad and Idaho Falls Offices. Mr. Dials entered the nuclear and energy industries after a ten-year career in the U.S. Army, where he served as an airborne ranger infantry officer in Germany, Vietnam, and Korea. Mr. Dials earned a Silver Star and Bronze Star for Valor in combat operations in Vietnam. As an Army nuclear weapons specialist, he was assigned to the Los Alamos National Laboratory for research on Army nuclear weapons planning and development. Mr. Dials holds an M.S. in nuclear engineering and an MS in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in engineering from the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.
Mr. Donald W. Strickland, Director, comes to CDEX from a 30-year career in successfully developing businesses internationally for both large public companies and technology startups. He has held executive positions at Eastman Kodak Company and Apple Computer, including heading product development, manufacturing, and sales. In 1996 he became CEO of PictureWorks Technology, a technology start up, which he sold for $200M in 2000 to IPIX Corporation, a public company traded on the NASDAQ exchange. Thereafter, he served as President and CEO of IPIX through 2004, during which time he led the company through a major restructuring, focusing on the security markets and taking the company to profitability. Mr. Strickland holds a bachelor's degree in physics from Virginia Tech, a master's degree in physics from the University of Notre Dame, a master's degree in optics from the University of Rochester, a master's degree in management from the Stanford University and a law degree from George Washington University.
Mr. James O. Griffin, President & CEO, Director and Secretary
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Mr. Timothy D. Shriver, Senior Vice President, Manufacturing Operations and Director (Biographical information included under CDEX Executive Management Team)
CDEX Executive Management Team
Mr. James O. Griffin, President & Chief Executive Officer, Director and Secretary, has served in senior executive positions in the high technology security and defense electronic systems industries for more than 25 years. Throughout his career, Mr. Griffin has focused on commercializing emerging technologies--growing sales and establishing productive distribution channels. Mr. Griffin joined CDEX in 2005, originally as chief operating officer, from a background in both public and private enterprises in the U.S., with extensive experience establishing and heading the international business units of several multinationals, including Sentech, Simplex, and Cardkey Systems. Immediately preceding CDEX, at Cernium, Inc., Mr. Griffin served as vice president of federal systems sales where he founded the company’s Washington, DC office, and opened relationships with government agencies for the developer of security video analytics systems. Previously, as vice president and general manager for the IPIX Corporation, he launched the company’s security division, IPIX Security, and established a customer base--that included the 2004 G-8 Summit--for the IPIX line of mission critical security imaging systems. As managing director of Simplex Asia Ltd., Mr. Griffin led a nearly two-year transformation of the fire alarm manufacturer’s Asian operations and reversed a major operating loss. Under Mr. Griffin’s leadership, the security services division of Mosler Inc. added contracts with the New York Port Authority to upgrade the security systems in the three airports serving New York City. For Cardkey Systems, Mr. Griffin created the company’s international division, linking together worldwide distributors to form cohesive sales channels. Mr. Griffin holds an MBA from Pepperdine University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from California State University.
Mr. Timothy D. Shriver, Senior Vice President, Manufacturing Operations and Director, is responsible for all CDEX manufacturing, quality assurance, and sustaining engineering. Mr. Shriver joined CDEX in 2001 from a career in nuclear power generation and the U.S. Navy. With an expertise in quality assurance and safety in power generation, Mr. Shriver served as an independent consultant to national and international nuclear utilities. Since 1981, he held positions in operations, quality assurance, regulatory compliance and auditing at nuclear power generation facilities including, Mississippi Power & Light, Arizona Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Tennessee Valley Authority, and Ontario Power Generation. Mr. Shriver resigned his commission as a Lieutenant in the Navy in 1981 after 13 years of service. He holds a B.S. in Physics from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Mr. Jerry Blair, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, is responsible for all sales and marketing within CDEX and for all business interfaces related to its products. Mr. Blair first came to CDEX in March 2004 to lead CDEX’s entrance into the medical market. Prior to joining CDEX, from 1988 to 1998, Mr. Blair held various roles within Cerner Corporation, a leading software supplier to the healthcare market. He was product manager for PharmNet, Cerner’s pharmacy solution, and business unit manager for all of Cerner’s pharmacy business. He also served as Clinical Marketing Manager. In 1998, he joined CareInsite, a Cerner investment that was eventually purchased by WebMD. He returned to Cerner in 2000 as Director, Medication Process Solutions where he remained until joining CDEX in 2004. Earlier in his career, Mr. Blair practiced hospital pharmacy and served as manager of professional services in the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Blair holds a bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and an MBA in Executive Management at Rockhurst College.
Dr. Laurence J. Marsteller, Director of Research and Development, is a practicing M.D. with a background in physics, business management and investment banking. Dr. Marsteller has served as CDEX Director of R&D since 2005, and first joined the company in 2003. He maintains a limited private practice in family medicine, and has held leadership roles with healthcare providers, including the Ascension Health/Carondelet Health Network where he serves on the Medical Executive Committee and is Chair of the Department of Family Practice at Ascension Health/Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital. Dr. Marsteller has delivered testimony before the Food and Drug Administration Counterfeit Task Force to help develop programs for the FDA and other agencies to combat the problem of counterfeit pharmaceuticals and biologics. Before pursuing medicine, his interests and educational background led him to positions in investment banking with Morgan Stanley and Shearson Lehman, as well as a research position with the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Lab, Steward Observatory. Dr. Marsteller holds an M.D. from the University of Arizona College of Medicine, a M.Sc. in Astronomy from Yale University, and a B.Sc. in Physics from Georgetown University.
Mr. Shaun Priest, Director of Business Development, Healthcare, brings over 14 years of healthcare, technology, software management, sales, and marketing experience to CDEX. He is responsible for CDEX Healthcare, including sales, marketing, and development of strategic relationships. Prior to joining CDEX, Mr. Priest was vice president of sales and marketing at MedSeek, a developer of eHealth end-user portal solutions for patients, physicians, consumers, and employees, where he grew revenues threefold. He has also held leadership and sales positions with automated testing solutions developer Cyrano, and health information systems provider Cerner Corporation, where he was honored as salesman of the year in 1995 for Cerner’s Pharmacy product line. Mr. Priest began his career with Meditech, providing installation and support services for pharmacy information systems.
Dr. Wade M. Poteet, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, is a research physicist whose work has focused primarily on advanced instrumentation in optics, electro-optics and detector technologies. For CDEX, Dr. Poteet is responsible for research and development of remote species detection technologies and applications for new products. He joined CDEX in 2001 after a nearly 40 year career in this field with a range of public research institutions and private companies, including CP Systems, System Specialists, Infrared Laboratories, LTA, E/ERG, The University of Arizona, Rice University, and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. His work has led to the development of products in the detection of explosives and illegal or counterfeit drugs, commercial infrared cameras, and an array of aerospace optical instrumentation. Dr. Poteet has published more than 45 referenced papers and 250 technical reports for the private sector and government agencies, and has been the recipient of NASA certificates of recognition and a public service group award in 1986 for his work on a Spacelab 2 research program. Dr. Poteet holds a Ph.D. in Experimental Solid State Physics, an M.S. in Physics, and a B.S. in Physics from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
